Healthy Female Friendships: How to Make Strong Connections
Does your brain sometimes jump to believing false narratives or giving unsolicited advice in your female friendships? Do you have trouble with empathic listening or set unrealistic expectations of your friends?
My guest on UnPerfect today has practical strategies for navigating female friendships, rooted in Proverbs and in our identity and friendship with God.
Episode #146: 5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Female Friendships: Building Strong Friendships with Becky Harling
My guest on the podcast today is here to help us build stronger friendships! Becky Harling has a degree in biblical literature and is a captivating speaker and Bible teacher. Additionally, She is also the host of The Connected Mom podcast. Becky’s passion is to help women find hope, healing, freedom, and life transformation through Jesus Christ.
Strong friendships are one of life’s greatest gifts, but let’s be honest—they can also be incredibly tricky to navigate. We all want deep, meaningful female friendships. However, we often find ourselves hitting emotional roadblocks.
Recently, Bible teacher, author, and speaker Becky Harling shared some profound wisdom on this exact topic in our conversation on the UnPerfect Podcast. Drawing from her book Friend Wise, she highlighted several common friendship pitfalls that keep us from the authentic community we crave.
Whether you’ve been friends with someone for a few months or a few decades, here are five relationship landmines to watch out for—and practical ways to cultivate healthier connections instead.
Becky is the author of many books and Bible studies, including Our Father, The Extraordinary Power of Praise, Who Do You Say That I Am, How to Listen So People Will Talk, How to Listen So Your Kids Will Talk, and Cultivating Deeper Connections. Today, her latest book, Friend-Wise, is the topic of our fun conversation as we seek to build strong female friendships.
I’m in this with you, each UnPerfect step of the way…
Connect with Becky Harling here. And grab yourself a copy of Friend-Wise!
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